Baby carriage hood



BABY CARRIAGE HOOD Filed Jan. l5, 1932 Patented July 25, 1933 UNITEDvSTATES PATEN e GEORGE STINsoN, or GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSrGNoR ToHE'Ywoon-wAKErIELD I coMrANY, oE- RosTon, MASSACHUSETTS, AcoRroRATroN orMASSACHUSETTS BABY CARRIAGE Hoon Application niea January i5, 1932.Seriai No. 586,848. y-

The present invention relates to collapsible hoods for baby carriages,`which are arranged, when collapsed or lowered, to provide 'an entirelyopen carriage, and when raised or extended, to provide a shield or hoodextending over a portion of the carriage body.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved hoodarranged to ex- .10 tend over a substantial portion of the carriage bodyand which may be collapsed or lowered to provide an entirely opencarriage, thereby incorporating the advantages of prior constructions ina hood which will is protect a greater portion of the carriage than hasheretofore been possible. Other and further objects and advantageswill-appear from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accom 0 panying drawing, in which Y Fig. 1 is a sidev elevationof a carriage hood embodyingthe invention, Said hood being in raisedposition.

Y Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the'hood of Fig. y Y

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hood of Fig. 1 in a partially loweredcondition. Y

Fig. 4 is a view of the hood in the fully lowered position.l Fig. 5 is a`plan view of a carriage with the hood mounted thereon, said hood beingrin lowered position.

Fig. 6 is a detail of a portion of the raising and lowering members,showing, Said members in locking position to maintain the hood raisedover the carriage. f

Like referenceY characters refer to `Vlike parts in the different gures.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 5, the carriage body 1, suitably mountedon Va wheeled chassis, not shown, is open at the top and providesparallel side walls 2 for Supporting a hood 3 embodying the invention.The hood 3 is arranged to either extend over a substantial portion ofthe open body 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or to be collapsed orloweredV into the position of Figs. 4 and 5, to permit the body `1 to beentirely open.

According to the invention, the hood 3 is'V supported by apluralityofUshaped bows v11V permitting `collapse of the hood Vto the 4,5 and 6 ,whichare pivotally Secured to;`

getlierV by pins 7 and 8 carried by a fixedv bow 10, all of said bowsbeing. adapted lto t the end of the bodyl'when thehood is collapsed. Thebow 10 is rigidly secured to the side walls 2 of the carriage body, thelower edge of vthe hood Ifabric being secured to this bow 10 and therebyheldin position when 'said hood is'raised; The upper and forward o edgesof .theV hood yfabric are secured to a`bow 11,` similar in shape to thebows 4, 5 and 6, said bow 11 being-,slidably and pivotally secured tothe side walls..2 of

ythe carriage body 1, as will hereinafterappear. The intermediate bows41,-'5 and 6 '55 are evenly spaced between bows 10 and 11` on the insideofthe hood to' support Said hood in raised position, therpivotal mount-Y ing Vof 'saidintermediate bows andthe b'ow position of Figs. 4 and 5.

The slidablevand pivotal connection of the forward bow'llto the carriagebodywhich permits thefhoodto be stretched tight in raised position-fandto covera substantial 'portion of the open body consists of guidemembers 12, forming integralV extensions of the bow-10,-that aresecuredfon opposite sides of the carriage; The guide members 12 areprovided with. offset portions 13 BD formed with longitudinal slots 14and-15 respectively, which .receive stiids land 17 on the lower endsofthe bow 11', ztherebylto permit sliding movement of theen'ds of saidbow relative. to the carriage, aswell asapivotal movement of said bowabout said studs.

The hood is held inrraised position or is drawn into lowered position'bytoggle linkages 18 and 2On on opposite sides of the hood, and as thelinkages 1'8 and 20 areidentical, only one vneed bekdescribed.` Thelinkage 18, vshown clearlyin Figs. 3 and=4, comprises members 21 and 22,the member 21 being pivotally mounted-atone'end on one arm of the bow10, substantially-midwayV thereof, and at the other end being pivotallymounted on a stud 23 in a connector 24:. The other member 22 ispivotally mounted at oneend V to onel armof'the forward bow `11 vand"the other end is rigidly secured in-the connec- 300 tor 24. vThe stud23, forming the pivotal connection for the member 21 in the connec tor24 is positioned so that when the toggle is extended to theposition ofFig. 6, the member 21 engages a portion of the me1nber 22v and furtherVdownward vor forward movement of the'linkage 18 is prevented, thelinkage in this position having, moved sides of said hood and extendingit forward-y ly over the carriage to a substantial extent. The'locati'onof the pivotal connections of the toggle linkages on the end `bows 10and 11 also causes the hoodto be stretched be-V jtween said bowsVwit-hout tending to pull the hood'away from the carriage around'thebottom edge thereof. Furthermore, by supporting the entire hoodassembly, including the pivot pins 7 and-8 and the studs 16 and17,-on"the lower bow- 10 and the guide mein-A bers 12, said Vhood isreadily attached to or removedffrom the carriage body, as a unit.

In operation, the person wishing to lower the hood releases the'togglejoints by lifting up on handles 25 on the connectors 24, therebyraising. the. opposite toggle linkages to cause' the hood to becollapsed to the position of Fig; 3, the bows 4, 5 and 6 pivoting aboutthe pins V7 and 8 and the bow 11 pivoting about the studs 16 and 17. Inorder Ythat the hood may. be Vfully collapsed, and that the bow 11 shallregister withl'the'other bows 4, 5, 6 and 10, in the fully collapsedposi` tion of Fig. 4, to provide an entirely openV top`,.the movement of'said hood from the position of Fig. 3 involves sliding movement of thestuds 16 and 17. toward the left, in the slot-S14 and 15, this slidingmovement occurringV in response to a pull tothe left and downward, Fig.3, on the handles 25 on the connectors.` Thehood is-raised by Vthereverse movement of handles 25, which first'partially raise the hood andslide the bow 11Vtoward the right, to the position of Fig. 3 and then inresponse to further movement of said handles, causes the bows 4, 5, 6,and 11"a]l to pivot about their connections to permit the hood to befully raised and locked in position From the foregoing, it will beapparent that the invention is embodied in' a hood for baby carriageswhich is arranged to be readily collapsedv in such a Vmanner that theentire top ofthe carriage body isV open and is also arranged so thatwhen the hood is in raised position, a substantial part of the open topof the carriage body is pro- -tected by said hood. In addition, theparts entering into the invention are so assembled intermediate hoodsupportingbows pivotally secured at opposite ends to the carriage, aforward b ow slidably and i pivotally vsecured at opposite ends to saidcarriage, and a toggle linkage between said" forward .bow and 'the lowerbowfftothold' said bows separated and the hood inV raised position. l

` 2. In a hood fora baby carriage, alower bowl securedto theV carriage,`a plurality of intermediate hood supporting bows pivotally secured atopposite ends to the carriage, a forward bow slidably and pivotallysecured to Vsaid carriage, and va toggle linkage between said forwardbow andthe lower .bow to hold Vsaid bows separated and the hood inraised position, movement of said toggle linkage being arranged toprocure lowering or raising of said hood.

V3. In ahood for a baby carriage, an. upper hoodl supporting 'bow to`which the forlward edgesfof the hood are secured, a plurality ofintermediatebows supporting said hood, a Vlower bow ,to which theloweredges of said hood arelsecured, said intermediate bowsrbeingpivotally secured to saidcarriage, said lower bow vbeing rigidly-securedto the carriage, and said upper bow. having a slidable and'pivotalconnection therewith, and a folding brace between said Alowerfand saidupper bows to maintain said hood in raised position and tourge saidupper bow alongthe slide connection` away from said other bows to extendsaid hood and to maintain said vhood in extended posit-ion..

1 4. In ahood for a'baby carriage,van upper hood supporting bowto' whichtheforfward edges ofthe hood `vare-secured,fal plurality of Yintermediate -bows vsupporting said hood,'a lower bowf :to which thelower edges of said hood are secured, said intermediate bows beingpivotally secured at opposite ends to opposite sidesYof acarriage, andsaid forward bow being slidably and pivotally secured at 'opposite endsto opposite sides of said carriage,vand a togglelinkage connecting saidlower and upperbows to maintainsaid top in raised position and saidupper bow spaced from said other bows,

movement-of said linkage, upon release, procuring collapse of said hood,and sliding movement of said upper bow tocoincidewith said other .bowsin the collapsedposition of saidhood. n

5. An ,attachment fora baby carriage,

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comprising a hood of iiexible material, a

lower hood supporting bowv to which the with; the forward edges of saidhood secured to said. loow,and a folding brace `sei cured to andextending between said lower bowfand said forward howto maintain saidhood in open stretched position, all said bows, with the hoodthereon,being attached to or removed from the carriage as aunit.

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